Thu 12 November 2009
© Showtime BBC2 calls for Nurse Jackie
Controversial US hit snapped up
12/11/2009 … BBC Two is set to court controversy after snapping up an American comedy about a drug-addicted nurse.
Get your writs out out
Flanagan may sue over 118 118 ads
12/11/2009 … Stand-up Micky Flanagan is considering suing directory enquiry company 118 118 – claiming they stole his ‘out, out’ catchphrase for its TV adverts.
History Girls at Lowdown At The Albany
12/11/2009 … Exactly their name suggests, The History Girls apply an appealingly daft wit to historical figures – most notably 19th Century romantic writers from the Yorkshire…
Wed 11 November 2009
rock11
11/11/2009 … ROCK WITH LAUGHTER, the comedy and music event featuring Al Murray, Jasper Carrot, Lenny Henry and others at Wembley Arena in December has been cancelled.
podcast11
11/11/2009 … A NEW episode of the Chortle Laughing Stock podcast has been released, featuring an extract from the new CD of The Shuttleworths.
Louis CK: Chewed Up
11/11/2009 … Stand-up doesn’t get much better than Louis CK, and in Chewed Up, recorded in Boston last year, he certainly demonstrates a top-of-his-game form.